that. we have great leadership and we have people working on this issue in our city government, but it's not having the impact we need today, so we're creating this new initiative. and i will tell you, it is one of the things again i hear about the most as mayor of the city of san francisco and we're going to move forward with the program. so these individuals, this new team will be doing two things. one they will be proactive. going to known hot spots are needles are known throughout the city and county of san francisco, different neighborhoods, different spots that are very well known. we just did a needle pick up down here in the alley, collected needles in the box. but also, it's so important as mayor of the city we are responsive to our residents. so when people call three one one based on the data we receive, we'll have people that can respond to the requests and

calls for needle pickup. this is a huge issue of san francisco. as mayor i fully acknowledge it and as a city i want to make sure we do something bit. with the creation of this new team, san francisco is taking a step in a new direction and we have prioritized this for the residents of our city. with that, i would like to bring up barbara garcia of the department of the public health to talk about it. >> thank you, mayor farrell. barbara garcia, director of health. for the last five years the department has attempted to begin to do a lot of pickup. we do a lot of needle pickup at our access sites and we've been doing street pickup. so we and expanded our team to

10 more individuals. we have a response team already on the streets. we have over 30 individuals that work with us throughout the city with our cbo, this is a group of ten individuals, that will be fo

>> clerk: commissioner, you're back in session on an open record and you still have a quorum. >> president turman: okay. next line item. [agenda item read]. >> move not to disclose. >> second. >> president turman: all in favor? all right. nondisclosure, we are in -- that is a unanimous vote. thank you. >> clerk: item nine, adjournment, action item. >> well, i'm going to move that we adjourn in honor of commission president julius turman, who you are he going -- who's going to have julius turman day in san francisco, so i think we should have a par aid -- parade. a lot of good things was said tonight about julius, but one of the best was integrity, and he was able to make good decisions despite disparate political forces. he's totally a straight shooter. so god bless, and i'd like to so god bless, and i'd like to adjourn in honor of commission

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that is dramatically updated and not sufficient for the medical chairman facility i've charles program manager public works should a earthquake of a major are proportion occurs we'll not continue to perform the services or otherwise inhabit the building before the earthquake. >> we're in a facility that was designs for a department that functions and in the mid 60s and friends scientific has significantly changed we've had significant problems with storage capacity for evidence items of property and also personal protective if you're doing a job on a daily basis current little storage for prirjs are frirnlsz we're in an aging facility the total project cost forever ever commercial is

$65 million the funding was brought by a vote of go bond approved by the voters and the locations is in the neighborhood the awarded contract in 2013 and the i'm the executive director we broke ground in november 2015 and that started with the demolition of existing facility we moved into the foundation and january so pile foundation and then with second construction of the new facility. >> one of the ways that we keep our project on time on budget and we're having quality to have regular meeting and the variety of meetings with construction process meeting as well as cost of control meeting and i'm a project manager for

public works the office of chief commercial we want walk the project site when we sign up and also with a contractor insinuates for a change over we need to verify what or what was instead of. >> the building is 42 feet tall so it is two stories and 46 thousand square feet roughly we're that's a great question to be on time and budget have the roof complete a the exterior moving with the site work. >> and as you can see we've got a lot of the interior finishes installed. >> in an effort of an differentiate the facility that designed to work for 72 hours. >> not taking into account there was a lot of structural updates made into this building not seen in other construction throughout san francisco or other barriers we have friday morning examiners from 8 to one

public comment monday to friday because of air circulation we literally have to shut the doors and so the autopsy is done without staffing being able to come and go or exit the space and literally lock down the autopsy in the new facility we have bio build one door opens and closed behind you you can gown up and go through a second seizures of doors that has its own independent air supply and now in the exterior opt space having that middle space have greater flexibility of staff as they move in and out of the area. >> in the current facility investigative unit has small tiny, tiny place in the area of

the new facility is almost doubled in all divisions from the current facility and the new facility. >> the planning we have here gives them the opportunity to have the pool needs to complete theirs jobs in a much more streamlined fashion. >> we're looking forward to have secured parking to minimize the egress of you know visiting and the members of the public but really to minimize the investigators remaining remains from our advancing and so the facility. >> we have a new visitors area we're building that is a little bit more friendly to families. >> one thing you may notice in the room no windows there is no natural light not good for most autopsy but in the new facility

at new hall we made that an objective they want to insure we were able to look up in the middle of exam and see the sky and see natural lights. >> that's one of the things the architect did to draw in as much light as possible. >> we have staff here onsite we insure the design of the new design enables the investigators and other investigators skiefksz to consider to house on site this meant we needed to design and plan for locker room facilities and shower rooms the ability to sleep. >> third of the construction going into the building has been by contributions of small businesses. >> part of the project is also inclusive to the sidewalk have all new sidewalks and new curve

cuts and landscaping around the building we'll have a syrup in front of the building and rain guardian. >> the medical examiner's office has been a several if in their contributions of the understanding the exception and needs. >> it's a building that the chief medical examiner has been looking forward to quite a few of the. >> it is extremely valuable contribution to the, neighborhood address san francisco as a whole. >> the building will allow is to have greater very much and serve the city and county of san francisco and the neighboring >> thanks for being here today. i want to thank all the members

of the city family behind us as well and thanks to barbara garcia, head of the department of public health. our needle and syringe issue has become an epidemic on our streets. it's something i heard about for a long time before becoming the mayor and now as the mayor of city and county of san francisco it's one of the things i hear about the most. people are fed up with the conditions of our streets, as am i. today, we're announcing in partnership with the san francisco aids foundation, we're creating a team toward needle and syringe pickup. ten individuals sole job and responsibility will be to pick up the needles and syringes the city. and make a difference on the streets. that status quo on the streets

today is unacceptable and we're not going to stand for it and do everything we can to combat that. we have great leadership and we have people working on this issue in our city government, but it's not having the impact we need today, so we're creating this new initiative. and i will tell you, it is one of the things again i hear about the most as mayor of the city of san francisco and we're going to move forward with the program. so these individuals, this new team will be doing two things. one they will be proactive. going to known hot spots are needles are known throughout the city and county of san francisco, different neighborhoods, different spots that are very well known. we just did a needle pick up down here in the alley, collected needles in the box. but also, it's so important as mayor of the city we are responsive to our residents. so when people call three one one based on the data we

receive, we'll have people that can respond to the requests and calls for needle pickup. this is a huge issue of san francisco. as mayor i fully acknowledge it and as a city i want to make sure we do something bit. with the creation of this new team, san francisco is taking a step in a new direction and we have prioritized this for the residents of our city. with that, i would like to bring up barbara garcia of the department of the public health to talk about it. >> thank you, mayor farrell. barbara garcia, director of health. for the last five years the department has attempted to begin to do a lot of pickup. we do a lot of needle pickup at our access sites and we've been

doing street pickup. so we and expanded our team to 10 more individuals. we have a response team already on the streets. we have over 30 individuals that work with us throughout the city with our cbo, this is a group of ten individuals, that will be focused on needle litter. and they will be walking the streets of san francisco to ensure that we have no needles in the streets. that's our goal. and we'll be doing this effort along with our environmental health department which is here with us today, along with the many community based organizations. we believe this is an important initiative for the community of san francisco. and as the mayor gets complaints, i also get complaints. i've been trying to respond to this, but it's clear to me we've added more kiosks, which are large disposal, for people to

drop them off, but we have to find them. many times they're under gates, in the streets. we're going to do everything we can to pick up as many as possible for the general public support and general public health, as well as the fact we believe this is essential health service we should be providing. i'd like to call up our director of the san francisco aids foundation, our partner in this project, he'll be providing the team for us. joe? >> good morning, everyone. i again want to thank mayor farrell and director garcia for their commitment to promoting the public health and this recent investment allowing us to extend our team by 10 people who will focus specifically on needle waste. making sure our streets are clean and safe. each year, the foundation with the partners collect unlimited

number of syringes on the streets. so we believe that this will allow us to expand those services even more. and as the mayor said, we'll be both proactive and reactive. so we're thankful to the mayor as well as director garcia for their continued investment in sound public health practice and look forward to partnering with the entire city on this initiative. >> we'll take questions now on just this initiative. and go to other questions after that. >> so, correct, 275,000 syringes are picked up each month. so between the three different strategies, those syringe

sweeps, 8,000 of those are picked up by sweeps and we expect those to go up because of the ten additional people. >> update on the safe injection sites, is that something -- [inaudible] -- july. >> yes, we're still working on the legal issues. we're also working with the state on legislation that would provide us a little more protection on that. so actively still working on that. we don't have a time line as of yet, but we have all the partners ready to go, we're just having to work out the legal issues. >> if you were able to do them, wouldn't that affect the ability -- >> absolutely. those safe injection sites show they contribute to reducing needle litter in the communities. so we do believe that will be

another initiative that will help the issue. >> reporter: [inaudible] >> well, in our -- what we know, people are using of illicit drugs, methamphetamine is one of our biggest concerns. next to that is fentanyl. it's a 100 times stronger than heroin. we saw someone today overdose in the park. it's important to provide them support, but we see shooting up of fentanyl, heroin, methamphetamine and cocaine. >> when you get a secondary accident, someone stumbling over the needles, child picks it up? >> the biggest concern is someone stepping on them, but we haven't seen any cases of outcome of a needle prick, but we're trying to make sure. it's a terrible thing to see and unsafe. we're working on the

environmental health factor of needle access. >> mayor, why is this a better -- than supervisor kim? >> you know, appreciate that supervisor kim made that request. first of all, you don't do budget supplementals in the middle of budget season, and second, her ask was dedicated to district 6 and the neighborhoods she represents, which i appreciate. these are the areas effected, but from my perspective, this is a city-wide issue. i don't know a supervisor who has not gotten complaints this. i did when i was representing district 2 and as mayor, i hear it from across the city of san francisco. this is a city-wide approach, not just targeting some neighborhoods. the residents of san francisco need to know this is going to impact their neighborhoods no matter where they live. to the residents, please use

311. we're beefing up to this tool, from a resource respective. that is the way we're going to be most effectively able to respond to get the needles off the street as quick as possible. >> so, look, street cleaning as a whole, needle pickup is part of it. a huge part of it, visible, something we can wrap our arms around, but feces and urination also a huge issue. and i promise you that will be addressed.

we can make sure we ask residents to engage on three one one to respond effectively as well. it's been an issue in our city since i was born and raised here, it's become a bit more of a crisis over the last number of years, encampments, other issues

around it, what we're doing is working, but we need to do more of it in the city of san francisco. we're going to talk about homelessness as it relates to the budget. we're doing additional work in the mission district. back in 2016 when i offered proposition q, when i said then, it was like on a political island talking about it. nobody is getting better sleeping in tents. there is rape, drugs, crime, arson that happens in the camps, they're not healthy for the city of san francisco and the people living in them and they're scary for people that live near them. so we're doing everything we can to resolve the encampments, but if not, we're going to implement prop q in a harder way.

>> to me, it's not a matter of getting tough. they have a tough time living on the streets. but at the end of the day, you can offer services, housing, and at a certain point, as a city we need to draw the line and say this is a service resistant population and we need to take down the camps because they're unhealthy for all of san francisco. and that's what we're going to be doing. >> look, huge part of what we're doing as a city government. we broke ground a few months mayor of the city of san francisco, a navigation center. we're building more capacity all the time. that is part of the solution. we want to offer individual housing to go in off the streets. we want to get individuals off the streets, on their own two

feet, onto better lives. this is not simply moving around from one neighborhood to the next. as we add capacity, we're doing that in the city budget, but again, many of the people behind us are supporting those. director garcia a huge proponent of that as well. while we offer shelters and housing, we cannot allow the encampments. totally unhealthy for the people of city of san francisco. >> exactly why we are doing what we're doing today and announcing this. we want to be as a city government responsive to our residents. look, that might not have been the case in the past as much as we want to, but as merit is incredibly important to me that

we respond to our city residents. we've done that regarding homelessness, we want to do that with 311 regarding needles specifically. >> any other questions? all right, thank you. - >> tenderloin is unique neighborhood where geographically place in downtown san francisco and on every street corner have liquor store in the corner it stores pretty much every single block has a liquor store but there are

impoverishes grocery stores i'm the co-coordinated of the healthy corner store collaboration close to 35 hundred residents 4 thousand are children the medium is about $23,000 a year so a low income neighborhood many new immigrants and many people on fixed incomes residents have it travel outside of their neighborhood to assess fruits and vegetables it can be come senator for seniors and hard to travel get on a bus to get an apple or a pear or like tomatoes to fit into their meals my my name is ryan the

co-coordinate for the tenderloin healthy store he coalition we work in the neighborhood trying to support small businesses and improving access to healthy produce in the tenderloin that is one of the most neighborhoods that didn't have access to a full service grocery store and we california together out of the meeting held in 2012 through the major development center the survey with the corners stores many stores do have access and some are bad quality and an overwhelming support from community members wanting to utilities the service spas we decided to work with the small businesses as their role within the community and bringing more fresh produce produce cerebrothe neighborhood their compassionate about creating a healthy

environment when we get into the work they rise up to leadership. >> the different stores and assessment and trying to get them to understand the value of having healthy foods at a reasonable price you can offer people fruits and vegetables and healthy produce they can't afford it not going to be able to allow it so that's why i want to get involved and we just make sure that there are alternatives to people can come into a store and not just see cookies and candies and potting chips and that kind of thing hi, i'm cindy the director of the a preif you believe program it is so important about healthy retail in the low income

community is how it brings that health and hope to the communities i worked in the tenderloin for 20 years the difference you walk out the door and there is a bright new list of fresh fruits and vegetables some place you know is safe and welcoming it makes. >> huge difference to the whole environment of the community what so important about retail environments in those neighborhoods it that sense of dignity and community safe way. >> this is why it is important for the neighborhood we have families that needs healthy have a lot of families that live up here most of them fruits and vegetables so that's good as far been doing good.

>> now that i had this this is really great for me, i, go and get fresh fruits and vegetables it is healthy being a diabetic you're not supposed to get carbons but getting extra food a all carbons not eating a lot of vegetables was bringing up my whether or not pressure once i got on the program everybody o everything i lost weight and my blood pressure came down helped in so many different ways the most important piece to me when we start seeing the

business owners engagement and their participation in the program but how proud to speak that is the most moving piece of this program yes economic and social benefits and so forth but the personal pride business owners talk about in the program is interesting and regarding starting to understand how they're part of the larger fabric of the community and this is just not the corner store they have influence over their community. >> it is an owner of this in the department of interior i see the great impact usually that is like people having especially with a small family think liquor store sells alcohol traditional alcohol but when they see this

their vision is changed it is a small grocery store for them so they more options not just beer and wine but healthy options good for the business and good for the community i wish to have more ♪ >> supervisor jeff sheehy and i represent district eight, the castro, diamond heights. ♪ ♪ for me i think district eight is

different than other districts because of the castro, right? that is really the birth place of lgbtq civil rights movement in san francisco. it's historic for that reason. it's a great district because it's very diverse. you have booming night life in the castro, a lot of families, we have an amazing array of parks, rock climbing wall in glen canyon is super cool. it was the first facility with a rock climbing wall. the book stores are treasures, charlie's corner is unique. >> charlie's corner is a children's book store but so much more, community space where care takers and children come together over storytelling, books, it's a gathering center. i am charlotte and we are at

charlie's corner on the corner of castro and 24th. the type of books we carry at charlie's corner range from prenatal to young adult, 18. we have musical books, art books, all built around children of course. history, nonfiction, we have a wonderful picture book section. >> i love going to charlie's corner, number one, because you can find a whole range of books. my kid loves to read books. >> i always envisioned a space like this, surrounded by children's books and storytelling. we offer storytelling four times a day. we do curate well, we do a lot of time reading, researching, beyond the story time, it's going back to picking out a

book, helping someone find the perfect book, unwrapping it and sending it off. there are people from all over the world and that's what i find so exciting. you see that every day in our story times. it's literally a melting pot. >> more and more families come into the district, whether it's the castro, strollers every where in the valley and tons and tons of kids in glen park now, with the canyon and a great library. >> i describe it as this village, i tell people i live in a town but i work in a village. >> one thing i really think is great about this district, it's a safe district, it's a clean district, it's great for kids, it's great for families and has a bit of wild life in it, too. >> i look forward to watching these kids in this neighborhood grow up and new kids come in and

meeting new people from all over the world because that's what we're all about. ♪ ♪ >> we came to seven straight about 10 years ago. -- 7th street about 10 years ago. the environment is huge. it is stronger than willpower. surrounding yourself with artists, being in a culture where artists are driving, and where a huge amount of them is a healthy environment. >> you are making it safer. push, push.

that is better. when i start thinking, i see it actually -- sometimes, i do not see it, but when i do, it is usually from the inside out. it is like watching something being spawned. you go in, and you begin to work, excavate, play with the dancers, and then things began to emerge. you may have a plan that this is what i want to create. here are the ideas i want to play with, but then, you go into the room, and there maybe some fertile ideas that are becoming manifest that are more interesting than the idea you had initially set out to plan. so there has to be this openness for spontaneity. also, a sense that regardless of the deadline, that you have tons of time so the you can keep your creativity alive and not cut it off and just go into old habits.

it is a lot like listening. really listening to watch what is going to emerge. i like this thing where you put your foot on his back. let's keep it. were your mind is is how you build your life. if you put it in steel or in failure, it works. that works. it is a commitment. for most artists, it is a vacation and a life that they have committed themselves to. there is this notion that artists continue to do their work because of some kind of the external financial support. if that was taken away, artists would still do their art. it is not like there is a prerequisite for these things to happen or i will not do it.

how could that be? it is the relationship that you have committed to. it is the vocation. no matter how difficult it gets, you are going to need to produce your art. whether it is a large scale or very small scale. the need to create is going to happen, and you are going to have to fulfill it because that is your life. >> hi. welcome to san francisco. stay safe and exploring how you can stay in your home safely after an earthquake. let's look at common earthquake myths.

>> we are here at the urban center on mission street in san francisco. we have 3 guest today. we have david constructional engineer and bill harvey. i want to talk about urban myths. what do you think about earthquakes, can you tell if they are coming in advance? >> he's sleeping during those earthquakes? >> have you noticed him take any special? >> no. he sleeps right through them. there is no truth that i'm aware of with harvey that dogs are aware of an impending earthquake. >> you hear the myth all the time. suppose the dog helps you get up, is it going to help you do something >> i hear they are aware of small vibrations. but yes, i

read extensively that dogs cannot realize earthquakes. >> today is a spectacular day in san francisco and sometimes people would say this is earthquake weather. is this earthquake weather? >> no. not that i have heard of. no such thing. >> there is no such thing. >> we are talking about the weather in a daily or weekly cycle. there is no relationship. i have heard it's hot or cold weather or rain. i'm not sure which is the myth. >> how about time of day? >> yes. it happens when it's least convenient. when it happens people say we were lucky and when they don't. it's

terrible timing. it's never a good time for an earthquake. >> but we are going to have one. >> how about the ground swallowing people into the ground? >> like the earth that collapsed? it's not like the tv shows. >> the earth does move and it bumps up and you get a ground fracture but it's not something that opens up and sucks you up into haddes. >> it's not going anywhere. we are going to have a lot of damage, but this myth that

california is going to the ocean is not real. >> southern california is moving north. it's coming up from the south to the north. >> you would have to invest the million year cycle, not weeks or years. maybe millions of years from now, part of los angeles will be in the bay area. >> for better or worse. >> yes. >> this is a tough question. >> those other ones weren't tough. >> this is a really easy challenge. are the smaller ones less stress? >> yes. the amount released in small earthquakes is that they are so small in you need many of those. >> i think would you probably have to have maybe hundreds of

magnitude earthquakes of 4.7. >> so small earthquakes are not making our lives better in the future? >> not anyway that you can count on. >> i have heard that buildings in san francisco are on rollers and isolated? >> it's not true. it's a conventional foundation like almost all the circumstances buildings in san francisco. >> the trans-america was built way before. it's a pretty conventional foundation design. >> i have heard about this thing called the triangle of life and up you are supposed to go to the edge of your bed to save yourself. is there anything of value to that ?

>> yes, if you are in your room. you should drop, cover and hold onto something. if you are in school, same thing, kitchen same thing. if you happen to be in your bed, and you rollover your bed, it's not a bad place to be. >> the reality is when we have a major earthquake the ground shaking so pronounced that you are not going to be able to get up and go anywhere. you are pretty much staying where you are when that earthquake hits. you are not going to be able to stand up and run with gravity. >> you want to get under the door frame but you are not moving to great distances. >> where can i buy a richter scale? >> mr. richter is selling it. we are going to put a plug in for cold hardware. they are not available. it's a rather complex. >> in fact we don't even use

the richter scale anymore. we use a moment magnitude. the richter scale was early technology. >> probably a myth that i hear most often is my building is just fine in the loma prieta earthquake so everything is fine. is that true ? >> loma prieta was different. the ground acceleration here was quite moderate and the duration was moderate. so anyone that believes they survived a big earthquake and their building has been tested is sadly mistaken. >> we are planning for the bigger earthquake closer to san francisco and a fault totally independent. >> much stronger than the loma prieta earthquake.

>> so people who were here in '89 they should say 3 times as strong and twice as long and that will give them more of an occasion of the earthquake we would have. 10 percent isn't really the threshold of damage. when you triple it you cross that line. it's much more damage in earthquake. >> i want to thank you, harvey, thanks pat for . >> my name is angela wilson and

i'm an owner of the market i worked at a butcher for about 10 years and became a butcher you i was a restaurant cook started in sxos and went to uc; isn't that so and opened a cafe we have produce from small farms without small butcher shops hard for small farms to survive we have a been a butcher shop since 1901 in the heights floor and the case are about from 1955 and it is only been a butcher shot not a lot of businesses if san francisco that have only been one thing. >> i'm all for vegetarians if you eat meat eat meat for

quality and if we care of we're in a losing battle we need to support butcher shops eat less we sell the chickens with the head and feet open somebody has to make money when you pay $25 for a chicken i guarantee if you go to save way half of the chicken goes in the enlarge but we started affordable housing depends on it occurred to us this is a male field people said good job even for a girl the interesting thing it is a women's field in most of world just here in united states it is that pay a man's job i'm an encountered woman and raise a son and teach i am who respect woman i consider all women's who

work here to be impoverished and strong in san francisco labor is high our cost of good ideas we seal the best good ideas the profit margin that low but everything that is a laboring and that's a challenge in the town so many people chasing money and not i can guarantee everybody this is their passion. >> i'm the - i've been cooking mile whole life this is a really, really strong presence of women heading up kitchens in the bay area it is really why i moved out here i think that we are really strong in the destroy and really off the pages kind of thing i feel like women befrp helps us to get back up i'm definitely the only female here i fell in love i love

setting up and love knowing were any food comes from i do the lamb and that's how i got here today something special to have a female here a male dominated field so i think that it is very special to have women and especially like it is going at it you know i'm a tiny girl but makes me feel good for sure. >> the sad thing the building is sold i'm renegotiating my lease the neighborhood wants us to be here with that said, this is a very difficult business it is a constant struggle to

maintain freshness and deal with what we have to everyday it is a very high labor of business but something i'm proud of if you want to get a job at affordable housing done nasal you need a good attitude and the jobs on the bottom you take care of all the produce and the fish and computer ferry terminal and work your way up employing people with a passion for this and empowering them to learn

good afternoon, everyone. this meeting will come to order. welcome to the april 25, 2018, meeting of the rules committee. my name is commissioner safai, to my left is supervisor catherine stefani and to my right norman yee. our clerk today is alisa. and i would like to recognize and thank jesse and lawrence from sf